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Charles II and religion. Just as Charles negotiated the conflicts of marriage and mistresses, the nation was an irreconcilable tangle of religious conflicts. Puritanical Protestants still had great sway in England and even more so in Scotland. The King was personally close to many Catholics and their sympathisers.
Charles II (r. 1660-1685) The eldest surviving son of Charles I, Charles had been eight years old when Civil War broke out. He was with his father at the Battle of Edgehill and in Oxford, until ordered by him to seek the safety of France. The Scots were horrified when Charles I was executed in 1649, and while England became a republic, they ...
Charles II - Restoration, Diplomacy, Europe: Charles cleared himself by dismissing his old adviser, Edward Hyde, earl of Clarendon, and tried to assert himself through a more adventurous foreign policy. So far, his reign had made only modest contributions to England’s commercial advancement. The Navigation Acts of 1660 and 1663, which had been prompted by the threat to British shipping of ...
Sep 12, 2022 · Charles II (reign – 1660-1685) Charles II was the ruler of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1660 to 1685. During this period, which came to be called the Restoration Period, the monarchy was re-instituted and the political relations between the Parliament and the king were restored after the Civil War that tore through Britain for many decades.
Feb 17, 2011 · Ronald Hutton looks for the real Charles II. In 1642, when he was twelve years old, the three kingdoms of his father Charles I, England, Scotland, and Ireland, dissolved into civil war.
May 7, 2024 · Charles II was a polarizing figure. How much do you know about the former King? Was the Restoration period of English history a tragedy or comedy, or both? The Merry Monarch who took the lead role for this Act, in the performance that was the House of Stuart, still divides opinion 350 years after he was restored to England’s throne.
Dec 23, 2023 · Charles II of England ( 29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was the King of England, Scotland, and Ireland . Charles II was the eldest surviving child of Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland and Henrietta Maria of France. After Charles I's execution at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War, the Parliament of ...
